51.   The border was heavily guarded during the Soviet era, and clashes broke out on occasion.

52.   The duty of guarding the border belongs to the National Police since Panama does not have an army.

53.   The eight armed ethnic Albanians were killed near the town of Prizren when nine of them reportedly opened fire on Yugoslav soldiers guarding the border with Albania.

54.   The force had propped up the government during the five-year civil war and now guard the border against an influx of drugs and weapons from Afghanistan.

55.   The officers were members of a Russian riot police force deployed to guard the border with Chechnya.

56.   The Russian lawmakers also met with soldiers and officers guarding the border between Ingushetia and Chechnya who Nemtsov claimed were eager for negotiations.

57.   The plan also recommends increasing the troops guarding the border with Finland and the Baltic Sea, the report said.

58.   The rebels operate from bases in northern Afghanistan and clash frequently with Russian troops guarding the border.

59.   The Russian contingent is in Tajikistan to help guard its border against drug and weapons traffickers and possible guerrilla raids.

60.   The Yugoslav army, involved in the fighting while guarding the border between Yugoslavia and Albania, has lost four soldiers, according to official records.